trialspotting is Australia's latest on-line service that lets you search for health and medical research projects that need volunteers.
Find out who is conducting a research project, what they are studying, where it's on, who can volunteer and what you need to do to take part.
Volunteering in clinical trials can be very beneficial:
- Extensive health checks
- Access to leading doctors and specialists
- Access to new treatments
- Free medications, depending on the study
- Increased awareness and understanding of their overall health status
- Knowledge that they are helping researchers better understand diseases, find new treatments and work out how to prevent or cure diseases and illnesses
People who volunteer for trials generally don?t incur any costs, travel expenses are reimbursed and medications or treatments are provided free of charge. Some trials provide payment.
There are over 100 trials listed on the website looking for people with specific health conditions, illnesses and diseases. There are also trials looking for healthy people.
Researchers are looking for people with specific health conditions such as asthma, insomnia, depression, obesity, cancer, spinal cord injury, dermatitis, sleep apnea, autism, diabetes, COPD, obesity, multiple sclerosis, asperger?s syndrome, knee osteoarthritis, dermatitis, heart attack, dementia, bipolar, headaches, whiplash, back pain and kidney disease.
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